"The eyebrows are like distant mountains, the skin is like peach blossoms, the hair is like clouds, and the eyes are like stars." Where did it come from?

Yuanmei originated from Liu Xin's Miscellanies of Xijing (Volume II).

It was Sima Xiangru who wrote this sentence to Zhuo Wenjun, not a poem, but a sentence describing the beauty of Zhuo Wenjun.

Original text:

"Wen Jun is very beautiful, with eyebrows like distant mountains, face like lotus, skin as smooth as fat, seventeen years old and widowed. Therefore, she is more polite to the talents of Changqing. " "The eyebrows are in the distant mountains", and there is a poem "The eyebrows are like a distant mountain with black flowers, the skin is like a smiling peach blossom, the hair is like clouds, and the eyes are like stars", which describes the beauty of women. The eyebrows in the distant mountains are slender and refreshing, slightly pale in color, delicate and cheerful.

Translation:

Zhuo Wenjun was publicly recommended by the image spokesperson of the eyebrow of the distant mountain. Comparing eyebrows with distant mountains means that the eyebrows are as light as the hazy distant mountains and as graceful as the distant mountains. Eyebrows also have eyebrow language. Through the eyebrow eye of the distant mountain, we saw a classical woman image with beautiful appearance and rich and profound heart. Can feel an open-minded temperament.

"The eyebrows are like black hair in the distant mountains, the skin is like peach blossoms, the hair is like clouds, and the eyes are like stars." Through the description of black eyebrows, black skin, black hair and black eyes, the beauty of women is vividly expressed.

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Personal data:

Zhuo Wenjun, a talented woman in Han Dynasty, is one of the four talented women in ancient China and one of the four talented women in Sichuan. Zhuo Wenjun, the daughter of Zhuo Wangsun, a giant businessman in labor in Sichuan, is beautiful in appearance, proficient in melody, good at playing the piano and famous for her writing style. The love story between Zhuo Wenjun and Sima Xiangru, a famous scholar in Han Dynasty, is still talked about by people. She also has many excellent works, such as Ode to a Bald Head, in which "We are willing to be United as one, and the bald head will not part" is a classic sentence.

Wen Jun listens to the piano: Lin Qiong county magistrate Wang Ji made friends with Sima Xiangru, so he lived in a pavilion in Lin Qiong. Ji Wang visited Xiangru every day, and Ji Wang was even more respectful when he was ill. Lin Qiongfu hosted a banquet to make friends. Xiang Ru deliberately said that he was ill and couldn't go. Ji Wang greeted him personally, and Xiang Ru had to go to dinner.

Zhuo Wangsun has a divorced daughter named Wen Jun. Because she has heard so much about each other, she peeks at each other outside the screen. Sima Xiangru pretended not to know, but when he was invited to play the piano, he played Phoenix Begging for Phoenix to show his love. Wen Jun recognized Sima Xiangru's piano and looked at him secretly through the crack of the door. He is attracted by his style, demeanor and talent, and he also has admiration.

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